On behalf of Birmingham Partners I’d like to invite you to the start of the Creative Bureaucracy movement in the city.

Creative Bureaucracy is a term coined by Charles Landry who says of it:

‘Creative bureaucrats can, as individuals, shape cities, but a critical mass can reshape the bureaucratic system itself. Organisations can then embody the values and qualities expressed by the best individuals.’

This is a movement which was launched in Europe and is now becoming global.

On Saturday 13th April we want to welcome 75 people: public administrators, members from the civic world and business, to join us at STEAMhouse in Digbeth from 11am-4pm to start it rolling in Birmingham.

We’re planning an upbeat day sharing examples, short and snappy, of how others have done things in new ways. Charles Landry will talk about why Creative Bureaucracy is an idea whose time has come and we’ll have moderated panels discussing great ideas that somehow got lost on the way as well as honouring some hidden heroes/heroines in the city.